A new species of the circumtropical/subtropical genus Didiscus Dendy, 1922 is described from the Cape Verde Islands. Based on a phylogenetic analysis of all known species of the genus, using morphological and microscopical (including SEM) characters, it was demonstrated that the new species is closest to the eastern Mediterranean D. styliferus Tsurnamal, 1968.

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Hiemstra, F., & van Soest, R. (1991). Didiscus verdensis spec. nov. (Porifera: Halichondrida) from the Cape Verde Islands, with a revision and phylogenetic classification of the genus Didiscus. Zoologische Mededelingen, 65(4), 39–52.